{"id":32,"date":"2006-03-24T14:48:59","date_gmt":"2006-03-24T22:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/?p=32"},"modified":"2013-02-07T17:42:27","modified_gmt":"2013-02-08T01:42:27","slug":"condi-talks-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2006\/03\/24\/condi-talks-music\/","title":{"rendered":"condi talks music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I found this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wnyc.org\/shows\/mam\/episodes\/2005\/01\/02\">fascinating interview<\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/mme_milhaud_a_11.html\">Alex Ross<\/a>, who found it by way of <a href=\"http:\/\/phillipbush.blogstream.com\/\">Phillip Bush<\/a>.  Did you know that Condi Rice (our Secretary of State) started out her collegiate career as a music major on piano?  An interesting talk about her musical beginnings and current tastes with host Gilbert Kaplan (Mahler conducting millionaire and radio host) on WNYC radio&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/mam1\">Mad About Music<\/a> show.  There is both a written transcript and streaming audio on the show&#8217;s Web page.<\/p>\n<p>You can also find interviews on music with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wnyc.org\/shows\/mam\/episodes\/2006\/02\/05\" target=\"_blank\">Tom Brokaw<\/a> (NBC News anchor)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wnyc.org\/shows\/mam\/episodes\/2006\/03\/05\" target=\"_blank\">Fareed Zakaria<\/a> (International editor, <em>Newsweek<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wnyc.org\/shows\/mam\/episodes\/2005\/06\/05\" target=\"_blank\">James Wolfensohn<\/a> (President, World Bank)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wnyc.org\/shows\/mam\/episodes\/2005\/04\/03\" target=\"_blank\">Alan Alda<\/a> (Actor)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wnyc.org\/shows\/mam\/episodes\/2005\/03\/06\" target=\"_blank\">Ehud Barak<\/a> (Former Israeli Prime Minister)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wnyc.org\/shows\/mam\/episodes\/2004\/11\/07\" target=\"_blank\">Isaac Mizrahi<\/a> (Fashion Designer)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wnyc.org\/shows\/mam\/episodes\/2004\/02\/01\" target=\"_blank\">Glen Dicterow<\/a> (Concertmaster, New York Philharmonic)<\/li>\n<li>and many more &#8211; see the show archives <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wnyc.org\/shows\/mam\/episodes\/2006\/03\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I found this fascinating interview via Alex Ross, who found it by way of Phillip Bush. Did you know that Condi Rice (our Secretary of State) started out her collegiate career as a music major on piano? An interesting talk about her musical beginnings and current tastes with host Gilbert Kaplan (Mahler conducting millionaire and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[3655,53],"class_list":["post-32","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-orchestra-world","tag-news","tag-piano"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-w","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13809,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2015\/07\/30\/methow-festival-wrap-up\/","url_meta":{"origin":32,"position":0},"title":"methow festival wrap up","author":"Charles Noble","date":"July 30, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Whew! I'm back in Portland again, after an action-packed five days at the Methow Valley Chamber Music Festival. I played three big pieces, two of which were brand new to me, and one which I hadn't played in at least ten years. After three years of playing here, I can\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;chamber music&quot;","block_context":{"text":"chamber music","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/category\/music\/chamber-music\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DSC_0650-e1438316712345.jpg?fit=640%2C426&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DSC_0650-e1438316712345.jpg?fit=640%2C426&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/DSC_0650-e1438316712345.jpg?fit=640%2C426&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":12883,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2013\/07\/31\/the-sport-of-kings\/","url_meta":{"origin":32,"position":1},"title":"the sport of kings","author":"Charles Noble","date":"July 31, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"I am, of course, referring to chamber music. While most of us musicians are not anywhere near endowed with the power or wealth of royalty, we can transform our lot into something approaching that (at least in the artistic sense) by playing some of the great works of chamber music\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;chamber music&quot;","block_context":{"text":"chamber music","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/category\/music\/chamber-music\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/ranchview.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/ranchview.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/ranchview.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":36,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2006\/04\/14\/piano-quartet\/","url_meta":{"origin":32,"position":2},"title":"piano quartet","author":"Charles Noble","date":"April 14, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"piano quartet, originally uploaded by noble:images. Lots of chamber groups sprouting up these days - it's a good antidote to the daily routine of the orchestra, and a lot of fun. Here the OSO Principal violist Jo\u00c3\u00abl Belgique and Concertmaster Amy Schwartz Moretti are joined by two members of the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;the orchestra world&quot;","block_context":{"text":"the orchestra world","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/category\/music\/the-orchestra-world\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2896,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2009\/07\/24\/1906-steinway-o-grand-piano-for-sale\/","url_meta":{"origin":32,"position":3},"title":"1906 Steinway &#8216;O&#8217; grand piano for sale","author":"Charles Noble","date":"July 24, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Our good friend, pianist Sandy Bleiweiss, is looking for a buyer for a stunning Steinway 'O' grand piano, made in New York in 1906.\u00a0 It sounds as good as it looks, it's a great instrument.\u00a0 The piano is located in Tacoma, Washington.\u00a0 Below are some photos.\u00a0 If you're interested in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;the orchestra world&quot;","block_context":{"text":"the orchestra world","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/category\/music\/the-orchestra-world\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":13796,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2015\/07\/18\/methow-preview-part-one\/","url_meta":{"origin":32,"position":4},"title":"methow preview, part one","author":"Charles Noble","date":"July 18, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"The only piece on my Methow Valley Chamber Music Festival swing this year that I've performed before is Robert Schumann's gorgeous Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 47. 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